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The cell in action
James Miller
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Diffusion | the movement of particles from regions of lower density |
| Osmosis | the diffusion of through a semipermeable membrane |
| Passive transport | the movement of substances across a cell membrane with out the use of energy by the cell. |
| Active Transport | the movement of substances across the cell membrane that requires the cell to use energy. |
| Endocytosis | The process by which a cell membrane surrounds a particle in a vesicle to bring the particle into the cell |
| photosynthesis | the process in which plants,algae,and some bacteria use sunlight,carbon mionoxide to make food. |
| Cellular Respitory | The process by which cells use oxygen to produce energy from food |
| Fermentation | the breakdown of food without the use of oxygen |
| Cell circle | the life cycle of a cells |
| Chromosones | in a eukaryotic cell, one of structures in the nucleas that are made up of DNA and protein |
| Homologous chromosomes | chromosones that have the same sequence of genes and the same strusture |
| Mitosis | a process of cell division that form to new nuclei. |
| cytokinesis | the division of the cytoplasm of a cell |